Method of operating coke ovens



Filed Oct. 24, 1929 R, F. RICHARDSON METHOD OF OPERATING COKE OVENS N\ ual E 1 F V C N Y l, fr, r r e ma H Qu Y k Q Nov. 14, 1933.

Patented Nov. 14, 1933` L i d 'Y y i a).UNITEDLSTATES ,PATENT oFFIcE Roger Francis Richardson. Buialo@ N. Y.,y as-.K signor to Semet-Solvay Company,'NeW York,

" N. Y., a corporationrof vNew York v u Appvlieatipn oewber 24, 1929. serial N6. 402,103l 1.01am.. torna-12) This' invention'relates to coke ovens and more in elevation through thefluesand the regeneraparticularly to the generation of the heat necestor of a horizontally Vflued coke oven of the sary to coke the charges 'in the 'coking chambers Semet-Solvay type; and of acokeoven battery inwhich the charges are Fig. 2 is a fragmentary detailed section partly u v:5 coked by'indirect transfer of heat from the comin elevation'through one end of the iiue showing 60 bustion flues iianking the coking chambers; in lon an lenlarged scaleva gas and oil Vburner conwhich Vflues the heat is generated, to the charge structed in accordance with the present invenof coal or other material in the coking chambers. tion. y r l y n y l yThe invention comprehends processes for ook,- In its' present embodiment the invention is in- 10 ing 'a' charge of coal'or 'other cokable material corporated in a horizontally flue coke oven bat- 65 Ain coke oven having alternate horizontal coking tery and for convenience the present description vchambersandv heating walls preferably composed will be conned to this embodiment fof the in'- r ofj series-connectedi'horizontal4 combustion nues vention. FeaturesA of construction and opera- 'axS in the' Sexiest-Solvayr 'coke oven battery, which tion are, however,v capable'of other available ap- 15 processes involvelburning petroleum oilor coal plCntOnS. f0.1"v example, JD0 apparatus geerally 70 tar oils in the vflues to generate the heat necessary useful for cokingj materials and, consequently, jfqr, Vz .zelrin'g' the charge. The invention also inthe linvention is not confined in its scope to the 'cludesi coke ovens designed t0 practice such specific-use and embodiment herein described as processes. Y lan illustrative example.`

210 i ,One'objectof' this invention is to provide a Referring tOthe drawing, 1 indicates-a hOr- 75 eokejoven battery 'in which the heat 'necessary to vzontalfcoke oven battery ofthe Well known ySemetcoke the chargev may be generated inthe ilue's `S01V2y type Which .as USv-2l iS fOrmed Of altrrlate V'by lburning either liquid hydrocarbon material horizontal'cokng chambers and 'heating walls`2l.v such `asy petroleum oil or'coal tar oils or gas, the Each heating wall? isl composed of a series of '25 `c'okehoven battery being so designed that the zigzag horizontal combustion ues 3,4, 5, 6 and 7, 30

heating medium supplied to ,the iiues may be each extending from one'end ofthe coking cham'- i 'readilyfchanged from gas to oilor vice versa by ber tothe other..V The lower horizontal ilue 3 of A simply manipulating suitablevalves provided for each heating'wall 'communicates through a port this' purpose. lThe gas andv oil burners in accord- 8 withga crosswise extending regenerator` 9 v'beo "ancevwith this invention are so constructed that neath the coking chamber and parallel thereto. 85

' a mixture 'of gas and oil may be fed to the flues `The top horizontal flue 7 of yeach heating wall "or, as above indicated, 'only vgas or only oil fed communicatesI through port 11 with-a ilue pas'- toand'burned intheiiues. Thus the operation sage (not shown)n which communicates'fwith an 'ofthe coke oven battery is rendered muchmo're adjacentlyv'located rregenerator.Y Each regener-` v fais flexible than existing coke ovenl batteries which rator 9 ispr'ovided with asole channel 12thro'ugh 9o are adapted"toburnfonly gas in the flues, as in which,A during the inilow cycle of operation, airv `"'acizcordance with this invention the gas heretolis fed into and through the regenerators to the foreinecess'ari'ly burned in the coke oven lflues to kilues. Upon reversal'. during the outflow cycle of generate hejat forcoking the chargeis, if market operation, waste gas lor products of combustion gio 4conditions permit, renderedV availablefor market pass from the ues through theregenerators 9, 95k

purposes. Further, 4either the entire amount of impartingtheir heat to the checlerbrick therein,

gas generated by the carbonization of the` coal and then through the channels 12 into `p lassages- Acharge ory only so much of the gas asmarket con- 14 connected to chimney flue 13. vSuitable Vauditions permit may be marketed. In thela'tter tornatically operatedv valves diagrammatically in- 45 :case the surplusgas is burned in the f1ues,'a`nd dicated at 15 control each'lpassage' 14 between 100 `if the lamount of gas is not sulicient tocoke eachsolechannel 12 and the/chimney flue 13. "the charge, oil is fed to and burned inthe nues These valves when in the positionv shown in the 'to supply the deficiencies. Y Y i K drawing, permit ow of' air intothe regenerators vIn the accompanying .drawing forming a part and shut offvthe' connecting 'passages 14 between Y '555,9 Aof this specification and showing forpurposes` of the chimney yiiue 13 and the regenerators. Upon y 105 exemplification a preferred formandmanner'in reversal, the valve' l5 is positioned to,4 close the which the invention may be embodied and pracport through-whichV air enters the regenerators ticed without limiting the'claimed invention to and places' the sole channels 1 2 in communicafsu'ch'illus'trative instance-'- tion with chimney flue 13." j'lhhe above described 5 5 Fig. 1 is 'a fragmentary verticalsection partly Vstructure represents butone type of horizontally 110 in the gas Ts of standard horizontal flue ovens. Existingl installations can, therefore, be readily modified to practice the present invention.

It will also be noted that in accordance with this invention the heating medium supplied to the ilues may readily be changed from gas to oil and vice versa by simply manipulating the 'valves controlling the feed of gas to the gas the charge, the deficiencies may be supplied by the flues.

The invention herein is applicable not only to the burning of petroleum or coal tar oils in the Y Y y .3

flues but also to the burning of other liquid fuels such as fluid coal tar or petroleum tar, etc. and the term liquid hydrocarbon material is used herein to include all such liquid fuels. Y

The invention as hereinabove set forth is embodied in a particular form of construction but may be variously embodied Within the scope of the following claim.k

I claim: Y

The method of Yoperating a regenerative coke oven battery, comprising alternate, horizontally elongated, coking chambers and heating Walls arranged side by side, the heating walls being composed of horizontal, Zig-zag, series-connected, combustion fiues, which. involves generating the heat necessary to coke the charge of cokable material in the coking chambers by simultaneously introducing into the ends of said flues air and oil from the group: coal tar oil and petroleum oil, thus atomizing and dispersingr the oil forming a mist Vextending throughout the length of said flues, and simultaneously passing preheated air from the regenerators through said flues to support the combustion of said oil mist in said ues, which combustion takes place in long flames throughout the length of said flues.

. ROGER vFRANCIS RICHARDSON.

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